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The Effectiveness of Current Gas Security of Supply Arrangements: a Consultation

Starting Date: 16-10-06

Closing Date: 12-01-07

This consultation follows up on the commitment in the Energy Review report to consult with both industry and consumers on:

• the effectiveness of current gas security of supply arrangements
• their robustness as we move to higher dependence on gas imports over the next 10-15 years
• whether new measures are needed to strengthen them.

We explained in the Review report that we continue to believe that well-functioning markets are the most effective mechanism for ensuring adequate investment in gas infrastructure.

This consultation document:

• considers in greater depth what we actually mean by security of gas supply
• examines the extent to which the current policy framework is likely to deliver security of supply
• assesses the new challenge faced as the flexible sources of near-to-market gas in the UK Continental Shelf decline; and
• seeks views on the costs, benefits and risks of some possible adjustments to the current commercial and regulatory framework to strengthen our ability to rise to that challenge

Consultation Documents

• Gas security of supply arrangements - the effectiveness of current gas security of supply arrangements: an energy review consultation (319KB)

Consultation Responses

• Government response to the consultation on the effectiveness of current gas security of supply arrangements (259KB)